In contrast, this sub-section here only discusses organisational issues around the Working Group 8 on emergency and reconstruction, such as the date for next meeting, minutes from meetings, planned outputs of working group etc.]]>WG 8 (Emergency and reconstruction situations)Mon, 07 Dec 2015 12:51:28 +0100Hello from Dan Campbell (new co-lead of Working Group 8 on emergency and reconstruction situations) - by: campbelldbhttps://forum.susana.org/forum/categories/61-wg-8-emergency-reconstruction/22750-hello-from-dan-campbell-new-co-lead-of-working-group-8-on-emergency-and-reconstruction-situations#25921
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I am glad to be contributing to Working Group 8 as a co-lead and look forward to hearing about your work and interests in Emergency WASH. Some ways that I hope to contribute are to keep members posted of new Emergency WASH research, publications and events and to work with you on organizing webinars on Emergency WASH topics.

In my work for the USAID Water Communications and Knowledge Management project, I conduct literature searches on WASH related topics and I would also be glad to provide this service for WG8 members also, so just let me know if I can help out.

Best regards,
Dan]]>WG 8 (Emergency and reconstruction situations)Mon, 20 Aug 2018 19:53:49 +0200Revision of Factsheet of Working Group 8 (emergency and reconstruction) - would you like to contribute? - by: muenchhttps://forum.susana.org/forum/categories/61-wg-8-emergency-reconstruction/21902-revision-of-factsheet-of-working-group-8-emergency-and-reconstruction-would-you-like-to-contribute#23123
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On 10 October, Esther Shaylor (who is supporting the WG8 leads) had sent out an e-mail to the WG8 mailing list asking for volunteers to help with the review & update.

I see Luckson Katsi and Alberto Acquistapace have already made some comments in the Google doc. Thank you!

This Google doc will remain open to comment until the 9th of November. Esther will then close it for comment and work with the leads to develop a draft that will be opened for comment during December.

She also said in her latest e-mail:

By January we can have a final draft that we share with the WG for final comments before sharing with the wider SuSanA community.

We will be looking for contributions of photos but for now let us work on the text, then when we know what we are looking for in photographs I will put out a request.

I would also request that any content you add you consider using to populate the emergency sanitation page on Wikipedia as part of SuSanA's drive to improve the quality of information available through this massive online resource -
forum.susana.org/forum/?view=topic&catid=213&id=21749

Thanks again and please get in touch if you need any support.

So, if you are interested please take a look at the Google doc and comment there.

My own general comment would be: please try to increase the readability score, as this factsheet - like all our other SuSanA documents - is written in a quite difficult language which is hard for non-experts to follow.

It's as simple as (for example):
- Replace long words with short words whenever possible.
- Reduce sentences to 15-20 words. Sometimes it's as simple as turning one long sentence in two short ones.

Regards,
Elisabeth]]>WG 8 (Emergency and reconstruction situations)Fri, 03 Nov 2017 23:52:43 +0100Introducing new WG 8 Co-lead - by: simonhttps://forum.susana.org/forum/categories/61-wg-8-emergency-reconstruction/21799-introducing-new-wg-8-co-lead#22894
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It is great to have you on board and a warm welcome to SuSanA Working Group 8. We are excited to have this great opportunity to learn from your sector experience and we look forward to active and visionary support to the working group. From our end, we assure you of utmost support as we together strive to accelerate the sanitation improvement. Welcome!

Simon]]>WG 8 (Emergency and reconstruction situations)Mon, 09 Oct 2017 07:57:44 +0200Working Group 8: Events at the Stockholm World Water Week 2017 - presentations and minutes - by: Amyhttps://forum.susana.org/forum/categories/61-wg-8-emergency-reconstruction/21656-working-group-8-events-at-the-stockholm-world-water-week-2017-presentations-and-minutes#22848
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Attached below are the meeting minutes and also the presentations that were given.

For those who volunteered to help revamp the factsheet for WG8, Esther will be in contact soon.

Warm regards,

Amy]]>WG 8 (Emergency and reconstruction situations)Wed, 04 Oct 2017 21:10:47 +0200SuSanA Working Group 8: Take part in edit-a-thon on 19-20 March (and before) to improve Wikipedia for Emergency & reconstruction situations - by: eshaylorhttps://forum.susana.org/forum/categories/61-wg-8-emergency-reconstruction/20604-susana-working-group-8-take-part-in-edit-a-thon-on-19-20-march-and-before-to-improve-wikipedia-for-emergency-reconstruction-situations#20677
https://forum.susana.org/forum/categories/61-wg-8-emergency-reconstruction/20604-susana-working-group-8-take-part-in-edit-a-thon-on-19-20-march-and-before-to-improve-wikipedia-for-emergency-reconstruction-situations#20677
SuSanA's Wikipedia World Water Day Editathon (19th/20th March) is being organised under the Gates Foundation Phase 3 Grant.

As one of the partners in this grant, Oxfam will be supporting WG8 to get involved in the Edit-a-thon.

I will start by proposing some Wikipedia pages which WG8 members may be interested in editing.

What does the group think about focusing on these pages? Have you got ideas of more useful/relevant ones? Please enter your views here in this thread

The Edit-a-thon runs from 19th-20th March, and you can get involved from wherever you are in the world, for whatever amount of time you can spare! Soon, I'll be sharing some short videos which explain how you can make basic edits on Wikipedia pages.

Looking forward to hearing the thoughts/questions and comments from WG8!]]>WG 8 (Emergency and reconstruction situations)Tue, 28 Feb 2017 15:06:23 +0100Invitation working group meeting Stockholm Water Week Thursday 4 September 2014, Room K12, 9-11 - by: jspithttps://forum.susana.org/forum/categories/61-wg-8-emergency-reconstruction/9634-invitation-working-group-meeting-stockholm-water-week-thursday-4-september-2014-room-k12-9-11#9634
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We are pleased to announce that the SuSanA working group 8 on “Sustainable Sanitation in Emergencies and Reconstruction Situations" is organising a working group meeting in Stockholm which will be held on Thursday September 4th at the Stockholm Water Week Conference Venue (Stockholmmässan, Room K12) from 9-11am.

Please find attached the draft agenda. Please note that this is just a first draft which can still be amended and we would be happy to get your feedback and further inputs particularly on those parts highlighted in yellow (new developments and trends, identification of key areas of action). And under the following link you’ll find the latest version of the WG8 factsheet for your information:
www.susana.org/en/resources/library/details/797

As the room size is limited to 45 people the participation will be on a first come first serve basis. So kindly get back to us as soon as possible in case you are planning to participate in the meeting.

…and for your information: There will be two thematically related seminars as part of the official Stockholm World Water Week Program which we would like to recommend to the group:

If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to get back to me (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). Please CC Robert Gensch (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) as he is assisting with the organization of this event.

Best regards
Jan Spit]]>WG 8 (Emergency and reconstruction situations)Wed, 06 Aug 2014 14:21:37 +0200new version of fact sheet - by: muenchhttps://forum.susana.org/forum/categories/61-wg-8-emergency-reconstruction/405-new-version-of-fact-sheet#652
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I wanted to give you an update of the status of this factsheet (on emergency sanitation). Ase Johannessen and the other co-authors have made further improvements to it and you can now see the new version here:
www.susana.org/lang-en/library?view=ccbktypeitem&type=2&id=797

I am also attaching it.

For anyone working in emergency setttings or interesting in emergency settings, this factsheet should be a must read! I am finding it fascinating, particularly the part about possible sanitation systems in the immediate stage of the emergency; the innovations that came out of the Haiti situation; and the idea that we can prepare ourselves better during non-emergency phases (resilience).

We have about a week left before we close the reviewing process. But now you still have a chance to:
- tell us if anything is unclear
- tell us if anything is missing
- provide any short additional examples if you have any
- provide us with relevant photos for this factsheet.

Looking forward to read from you!

And a big thanks to all the contributors so far, e.g. Ase, Jenny, Julie, William, Julien, Madeleine, Doreen, Leonie, and many more!